Car-end construction.



B. JULIEN & W. POINT.

GAR END GONSTRUGTION. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 29, 1908.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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B. JULIEN & W. POINT.

GAR END GONSTRUOTION.

- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1908.

9 1 4,727 Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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u N-q- NV NTOHS To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CAR-END CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, i909.

Application filed January 29, 1908. Serial No. 413,276.

Be it known thatv we, BARTHOLOMEW J IEN and WrLLrAM POINT, citizens of the United States, residin at Omaha, in the county of Douglas an State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-End Construction, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the construction of cars, and, with regard to the more specific features thereof, to the construction of the paid portions of baggage or mail cars and the One of the ob'ects thereof is to provide a strong, light an rigid floor frame construction adapted to act as a unit in resisting stresses.

Another. object is to .provide an upper frame characterized by lightness and stiflness. 1

Another object is to rovide a car end of Simple, inex ensive and practical construc tion suscepti le of read repairyand adapted to maintain its origina form and condition under all conditions of use.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hefeinafter set forth, and the scope of the ap lication of which will be indicated in the ollowing claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein is shown one of various possible embodiments of this invention, Figure 1 is an end view partially in section to show the interior construction of the remote end of the car. Fig. 2 is a plan showing end construction in. section at the left side, and upon the right side the details of the up er portion of the frame work. Fig. 3 is a pl ain of abuffer beam and associated parts showing various details in cross-section. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same. v

,Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In order to render more readily and fully understood certain features. of this invention,

it may here be noted that in construction'of the ends of modem cars, by reason of the necessity of using large frame members and heavy accessories, the space left for the buffer beam is crowded and cut up, and difficulty is ex erienced in securely tying the parts toget er. In the face of this it is regpisite that a high degree of strength and sti ness be present in the resultant structure, and that the individual parts be susceptible of ready removal for purposes of re air. If it be attempted to achieve this en by the substitution of metal for wood, we have found that each art must .reinforce the others, and all portions of the metal must be arranged to meet some particular stress and must be so formed and di' osed as best to meet this stress, or therew l he a tendency to a heavy and cumbersome].construction by reason of the reat weight of the metal. The above and otieraims are accomplished in constructions ofthe nature of that here-' inafter described.

Referring now to Fig. 3'of the drawings, there is shown a metallic buffer beam 1 preferably of substantiallychannel cross-section, and open at the bottom as'indioated by'fiotted lines. Formed integral with the buffer beam is an extension comprising the flzzi. portions 2 leading to angle pockets 3 for the side sills 4, and similar portions 5 leading to chan nel pockets 6 for the intermediate sills 7.

The pockets 6 are connected one with another as at 8 and 9, and are connected with the pockets 3 as at 10. At the inner ends of these pockets are provided angle connections 11 adapted to rest against the end sill 12 and hold the same against thebodyof the buffer beam. In this manner there is provided a strong, rigid casting ada ted to receive the ends ofthe longitudinal s1 ls, and it may here be noted that by the term longitudinal sill is meant any longitudinal member of the floor frame, whether a side sill, center sill or intermediate sill. The'outer face of the bufier beam presents the oint 13 to, receive end thrusts, and-from t is point as indidated by the lines a-a there are carried inclined integral braces 14 to the side sill pockets 3. These braces are flat beneath the end sill 12, but are preferably of T cross-section between the pockets 6 and 3. The buffor beam 1 is provided with guides 15 and 16 in the webs 17 and 18 for the center and side stems of the buffer, and is also formed with sleeves 19 in the vertical webs-20 for the bolts 21 leading to the end sill, and'with Q similarly mounted sleeves 22 for truss rods.

- and 27, the latter comprising two angle irons The cornenposts 32 are of angle section and' preferably connected as by the lag'scr'ews. 33 with the end sill 12, These posts at their u per ends are connected byangles 34 with t e riveted together throughout substantially their entire length, and the former having an additional angle28 riveted thereto at its upper portion as indicated in Fig. 1-, Also secured to the bufler beam and extendin up wardly' therefrom-is a door frame 29 bu' t up of the angles 30 and-31 in a manner substantially identical with that ofthe end post 27.

end plate 35 which isriveted to the upperend of the door frame 29 and to the end'pos'ts 26 and 27. A face carline 36 is connected atits ends with the end plate 35, andiis curved to conform with thegeneralconteurof the batfer beam as indicated at the side of Fig. 2 of the drawings. This carhne is of heavy end-plate 35, and extending. along the same fora considerable distance, though not'necessar'ily throughout-its entirelength, is a strap 39 holte thereto .andflanged asat 40 to rest -against"the end plateto which it is riveted. Also mounted upon the upper 01?, tion of the end plate is an angle iron 41 w 'ch;

tends to stiffen this 40 fianged as at ia, and riveted 'to the-correp he metho spoll'din corner post 32 as shown at the rightna'nd si eof he carisstretche metallic work above described-and will not be herein set'forth'mdetail, as the same forms in. itself no art of the resent invention.

scribed embodiment of this invention should be substantially obvious. The parts are readily assembledin the form shown, and if it} becomes necessary to replace any ,part.

this isguickly accomplished without in ury to'itsel or the neigh oring members. The construction 1s simple and inexpensive, and

all parts coact in providing a car end which.

is well adapted to resist not only the shocks incident to ordinary use, but all except the .most severe collisions.

In so far as the floor frame is concerned, there is provided a light, and yet strongly-built, member which re- Lewes the longitudinal elements, and sup- 16 end posts 26,

(gile iron, and 1S riveted to the end osts 26 '27, 'and to extemiipnsfiTupon t 1e door frame 29. The deck sill 38 abuts against the .Patent is :f I

1. Ineonstruction of the class described, a

art. The upper. side 3 metallic bufier beam having formed integral plate'42 has-bolted t ereto and extending. alon'g'the same for omedistance a strap 43 2 of the-drawin s. -Over' of action of the above de-' ports the same in such manner that their end portions, instead of being the weakest part of the frame, are its point of its greatest strength. Not only is additional strength lent to the severalwooden sills by the metal,

construction, but the same are so embraced and held togetheras to prevent splittlng and materially increase their transverse strength.

The up er portion of thejframe, moreover, isso 11g t as to do awaywith anytendency to topheaviness, and yet possesses'a stiflness' consistent-with the, great strength of the lower frame portion. The upright members and the connections are such' as to tie the upper and lower portions. of the frame into A relation, and to complete a car'end, well a aptedtomeet any and all inc dents to.

unite hard practical use.

many changes could belmade in the above construction and many a parently widely different a bodiments of rt 1s. invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof is intended that all.

matter contained -injthe above description or shown inthe accompanying drawing-shall be interpreted as illustrative and notfm' la limiting that: t e langua e used-Tin thefollowing claims is intende to cover all of the generic and s .ecific features of theinvention'herein' lied and all statements fof the scope of. the invention which, as a matter oflanguage; might be said to-fall therebetweendescri aving described our invention, .what' we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters therewith an extension provided with a pocket'adalpt'ed to receive and support a on itudina sill of the car said pocket being sense. .It is also to be understood.

so ormed asto extend beneath said sill and.v

upwardly at "each side thereof.

2., In construction of'the class described,: a

metallic buffer beain having formed integral therewith 'an'extension' provided with pockets formed to extend about and support side and, intermediate sills of the car said pockets bein use formed as to extend beneath the sil s supported thereby and upwardly at each side thereof,

3. In construction of the class described, a metallic buffer beam having formed integral therewith an extension adapted to receive,

and support the end sill of the car said extenslon said sill an remote from sald buffer beam.

4. In construction of the class described, a metallic buffer beam having formed integral therewith an extension adapted to extend upwardly at the side thereof about the end sill of the car and hold the same substantially against the body of the buffer beam. I 5. In construction of the class described, a

sin so formed as to extend beneath sill of the car.

about and su metallic buffer beam having formed integral therewith an extension adapted to receive and support the end sill an a longitudinal 6. In construction of the class described, a metallic buffer beam having formed egral therewith an extension formed to extend about. the end sill and hold the same sub stantially against the body of the bufler beam and provided with means ada ted to extend about and support side an intermediate sills of the car.

7. In construction of the class described, in combination, a metallic buffer beam, an end sill, longitudinal sills and means connected with said buffer beam adapted to extend about said end sill and hold the same substantially against the body of the buffer beam and rovided with pockets adapted to receive sai longitudinal sills.

- 8. In construction of the class described, in combination, a buffer beam, an end sill,

longitudinal sills, and a metallic member formed to extend about said end sill and hold the same substantially against said buffer beam and (provided with pockets adapted to receive sai longitudinal sills.

9. In construction of theclass described, in combination, an end sill, longitudinal sills, and a metallic member formin ockets within which said end sill and said ongitudinal sills fit.

10. In construction of the class described, in combination, an end sill, side sills, in-

termediate sills, and a metallic member forming pockets of channel section within which said intermediate sills fit, and flanged pockets within which said side sills lit and formed to extend under and support said end sill and having metallic tie portions connecting said several pockets one with another.

11. In construction of the class described, in combination, side sills and a metallic bufier beam having formed integral therewith an extension adapted'to receive and support said side sills, said buffer beam having its outer face curved to present a plate to receive end thrusts and said extension comprising inclined members leading from-said point toward the side sill receiving portions thereof.

V 12. In construction, oftheclass' described, in combination, side sills, an end sill and a metallic bufler beam having formed integral therewith an extensionada ted to extend p(port said en sill and form ockets for sai side sills, said buffer beam ormed to dpresent a point to receive end" thrusts an said extension comprising in clined members leading from said point toward said pockets.

13. In construction of the class described, in combination, an end plate extending across the car from sideto side, aface carline, and upright members extending therebetween and secured to both of the same.

14. In construction of the class described,

in combination, a metallic end plate extending across the car from side to side, a metallic face carline, and flanged metallic upright members extending between said plate and said carline and riveted to both of the same.

15. In construction of the class described,

16. In construction'of the class described, I

in combination, an end late, a deck sill and a metallic member exten ing along and secured to said deck sill and extending along and secured to said end plate.

l 17. In construction of the class described, in combination, an end plate, a side plate, and a metallic member extending along and secured to said side plate and connected with said end plate.

18. In construction of the class described, in combination, a metallic buffer beam and a metallic door frame member secured to said buffer beam at one point and extending'upwardly and thence downwardly to form a door frame and having its other end secured to said beam at another point.

19. In construction of the class described,

in combination, a metallic buffer beam having formed integral therewith an extension adapted to receive and support longitudinal sills of the car, and a continuous metallic frame member secured to said buffer beam at two oints and extending upwardly to form a 001' frame and secured at its upper portion to the frame of the car.

20. In construction of the class described, in combination, a metallic end plate extending across the car from side to side, a meta lic face carline, a lower frame member, and uprightflanged members secured to said lower member and extending between said end plate and carline and secured to both of the same.

21. In construction of the class described,

in combination, a metallic end plate, a metallic face carline, a lower frame member,

upright flanged members secured to saidlower member and extending between said end plate and carline and secured to both of the same, and a metallic frame member secured to said lower member and extending upwardly therefrom to form a door frame and secured to said end late.

22. In construction 0 the class described, in combination, an end sill, metallic corner posts, upper side plates, an end plate, means securing said corner posts at their lower ends to said end sill, means securing saidcorner posts at their upper ends to said end plate, and metallic members secured to and extending along said side plates and secured to the corresponding corner posts. I

23. In construction of the class described,

' in combination, a metallic end late, a mebeam and extending between the said late tallic lower frame member, an a metallic member secured to said lower member at two points and extendin u wardly to form a door frame and secured at jacent its upper end to said end plate.

24. In construction of the class described, in combination, a metallic buffer beam having formed integral therewith an extension adapted to receive and sup ort longitudinal sills of the car, a metallic en plate extending across the car from side to side, a metallic face carline, and metallic end posts connected with said buffer beam and extending up- -wardly between said end plate and carline and secured to both-of the same.

-25. In construction of the class described, in combination, a metallic buffer beam having formed integral therewith an extension adapted to extend about and support side and intermediate sills of the car, a metallic end plate, a metallic face carline, and metallic upright members secured to said buffer and said carline and secured to both 0 the same.

26. In construction of the class .described, 7

in combination, an end sill, a metallic bufl'er beam havin formed integral therewith an extension arapted torecei've and support end plate, means connecting said corner posts adjacent their upper ends with said side plates and said end plate, a face carline, and metallic u right members extending adjacent saidbu er beam and passing between said end plate and said carline and secured to both of the same.

28. In construction of the class described, in combination, a metallic end plate, a metallic face carline, a lower frame member,

upright flanged members secured to said lower member and extending between said end plate and carline and'secured to both of upwardly therefrom to form a door frame, said lower frame member havin formed integral therewith an extension a apted to re ceive longitudinal sills of the car.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in the resence of two witnesses.

ARTHOLOMEW JULIEN. WILLIAM POINT. Witnesses:

H. P. VAN ARSDALE, N. F. HARRIMAN.

the same, and a metallic frame member secured to sa d lower member and extendmg 

